| 单词 | hold off |
| 释义 | Example sentences from the Web for hold off
hold offSEE SYNONYMS FOR hold off ON THESAURUS.COM verb (adverb)(tr) to keep apart or at a distance (intr often foll by from) to refrain (from doing something)he held off buying the house until prices fell slightly Words nearby hold offholding paddock, holding pattern, holding tank, hold it, hold no brief for, hold off, hold on, hold one's breath, hold one's end up, hold one's fire, hold one's head high Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with hold offhold off Keep at a distance, resist, delay, as in This payment should hold off the creditors. [Early 1400] Stop or delay from action, as in Let's hold off until we know more. [c. 1600] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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